Localization of D-β-aspartic acid-containing proteins in human eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3923-3927

  Kaji, Yuichi ^a,d   Oshika, Tetsuro ^a   Takazawa, Yutaka ^b   Fukayama, Masashi ^b   Takata, Takumi ^c   Fujii, Noriko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ISOASPARTIC ACID; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; EYE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; DRUSEN; EYE DISEASE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LENS; LENS NUCLEUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTIC NERVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCLERA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADOLESCENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; D-ASPARTIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35148896293     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1284     Document Type: Article

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